Wall-tie.



N0. 685,!48. Patented Oct. 22, 190i, F. W. KEEN &. H. G. LAMBURN.

WALL TIE.

[Application filed Feb. 9, 1901.

(No Model.)

HE NORRIS FEVERS 0a.. mu'rmurnol, WASNINGYDN n c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W. KEEN AND HENRY G. LAMBURN, OF BOSTON,

. MASSACHUSETTS.

WALL-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,148, dated October 22, 1901.

Application filed February 9, 1901. Serial No. 46,629. (No mod cl.)

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a wall tie, showing the bricks in section.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the wall-tie.

A is a plate provided with a V-shaped middle portion a and projecting lugs 11 at its corners. The main portions of the plate are slightly inclined'at a between the lugs and the middle portion a, and d denotes upwardlyprojecting flanges extending along the sides of the parts 0 and along the upper parts of the middle portion a.

B represents the bricks, which have suitable recesses in their upper surfaces for receiving the parts a and the lugs 12.

The plate A holds the bricks at the prearranged distance, and any moisture in the wall runs over the inclined parts 0 and drops from the apex of the V-shaped portion .instead of running down the side of the wall.

lVhat we claim is A Wall-tie plate provided with a V-shaped middle portion, inclined side portions and lugsfor engaging with the bricks, and upwardly-projecting flanges on the edges of the middle and side portions, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK w. KEEN. HENRY e. LAMRURN.

Witnesses:

ALICE J. MURRAY, FRED. K. DAGGET. 

